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JDF 295W - Standardized Instructions for all Colorado Water Court Divisions

 

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• Water Courts in Colorado
• Abandonment Lists maintained by the State Engineer’s Office
• Timetable for New Water Court Rules Effective July 1, 2009 Cases Before the Court on Trial Track
• Timetable for New Water Court Rules Effective July 1, 2009 Cases Before the Referee
• The Colorado Supreme Court has adopted changes to the Water Court Rules. The approved changes are effective July 1, 2009, and are applicable to water court applications filed on or after that date. Rule Change 2009(4).
• ** New Water Court Rules (Effective Jan. 1, 2012)
• **Rule Change Adopted by the Colorado Supreme Court Nov. 3, 2011 (Effective Jan. 1, 2012)
• Chief Justice Order Concerning White River Drainage Basin Applications filed on and After August 5, 2009
• Full Set of Water Court Rules Incorporating 2009 Revisions
• Final Redlined Version of 2014 Revisions to Water Court Rules 6 & 11
• Self-Represented Guidebook to Colorado Water Courts

The revised forms listed below must be used for applications filed on and after January 1, 2012  Before that date, applictions can be made on these forms or the previous version.

All deadlines that occur after January 1, 2012, even if the deadlines are in existing cases, should be calculated under the amended Water Court Rules and/or amended Rules of Civil Procedure, unless there is a Water Court order to the contrary.